The Sky Band (story)

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The Sky Band
Start date:	November 9th, 1936
End date:	April 10th, 1937
# of strips:	132 (22 weeks)
Writer:	Lee Falk
Artist:	Ray Moore
Preceded by:	"The Singh Brotherhood"
Followed by:	"The Diamond Hunters"

"The Sky Band" is the second Phantom daily story. It was originally published in American newspapers from November 9th, 1936 to April 10th, 1937.

The story was written by Lee Falk and drawn by Ray Moore.

Contents 1 Plot Summary 1.1 Appearances 2 Related stories 2.1 Follows 2.2 Referenced in 3 Behind the scenes 4 Reprints 4.1 Argentina 4.2 Australia 4.3 Brazil 4.4 Finland 4.5 France 4.6 Italy 4.7 Mexico 4.8 Norway 4.9 Spain 4.10 Sweden 4.11 USA 4.12 Yugoslavia

Plot Summary

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Appearances

Related stories

Follows

• "The Singh Brotherhood" by Lee Falk and Ray Moore

Referenced in

• "The Return of the Sky Band" by Lee Falk and Ray Moore

Behind the scenes

• This story has often been reprinted with the title "The Sky Band". However, the actual title "The Sky-Band" appears in the last daily strip of the preceding story.

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

Argentina

• Tit-Bits? (1938)

Australia

• The Phantom #1 (1938)
• The Phantom #8 (1949)
• The Phantom #121 (1957)
• The Phantom #214 (1962)
• The Phantom #497 (1973)
• The Phantom #675 (1965)
• The Phantom #892 (1979)
• The Phantom #972 (1991)
• The Phantom #1147 (1996)
• The Phantom #8 replica, included with The Phantom #1219 (1999)

Brazil

• A Gazeta #243 – #258 (1937)
• O Globo Juvenil #12 – #28 (1937)
• "Os Piratas do Céu", Correio Universal 241A (1937)
• "Os Piratas do Céu", Gibi Especial #2 (1975)
• "O Bando do Céu", Fantasma #2 (1987)
• Gibi #1 (1993)

Finland

• "Ilmarosvot", Legenda vaeltavasta aaveesta (1991)

France

• Aventures 11/1937 – 32/1937
• "Le secret du Fantôme", , Aventures et Mystère #5, "La loi de la jungle", Aventures et Mystère #6, and "Les femmes pirates", #7 (1938)
• "La loi de la jungle", Aventures et Mystère #2, and "Les femmes pirates", #3 (1947)
• "La Bande Aérienne", Le Fantôme Spécial #12 and "Les Femmes Pirates", #13 (1964)
• "La Bande du Ciel", , Album Copyright Tome 1 (Futuroplis) Le Fantôme 1936 – 1937 (1984)

Italy

• "La banda aerea", L'Avventuroso #142 – #155 (1937)
• "La banda Aerea", L'Uomo Mascherato Super Albo #73 and "La fine della banda Aerea", #75 (1964)
• L'Uomo Mascherato #1 (1968)
• "La banda del cielo", L'uomo mascherato (1971)
• Ristampa Nerbini (1975)
• "La banda aerea", Phantom #3 (1991)
• "La banda aerea", Phantom #119

Mexico

• Paquito #10020 – #10022 (1953)

Norway

• "Luftpiratene", Fantomet 3/1994
• "Luftpiratene", Klassikerserien #6 (2004)

Spain

• "El secreto del Hombre Enmascarado", El Hombre Enmascarado #5, "La ley de la selva", #6 and "Las mujeres pirata", #7
• "La banda nel cielo", El Hombre Enmascarado #35 and "El secuestro de Diana Palmer", #36 (1990; part 2 edited together with "The Diamond Hunters" part 1)

Sweden

• "Luftens rövare", Krönika över en vandrande vålnad (1990)

USA

• Ace Comics #11 – #25 (1937)
• Feature Book #56 (1949)
• The Phantom vs. the Sky Maidens (1982)
• Comics Revue #187 – #198 (2000-2001)
• The Complete Newspaper Dailies: Volume One 1936–1937 (2010)

Yugoslavia

• Mika Miš #151 – #207 (1937-1938)
• Zabavnik #27, #38 and #41 (1938)
• "Gusari zraka", Fantom - Gusari zraka #1 – #5 (1937)
• "Nebeska banda", Biblioteka Nostalgija #2 (1981)